Teacher assistance to rural areas refers to the planned arrangement of teachers and other members of society to rural schools for specialized activities such as long-term or short-term education or teaching. It is also the most distinctive social practice in the field of education embodying China's socialist spirit of equality, mutual assistance and sharing. The four categories of teacher assistance are various parts of society, educational system, social welfare and individual volunteers. A multi-channel rural teacher assistance network has been set up. China's teacher assistance to rural areas has featured diverse types of teachers, youth as the main body, strong political mobilization at the central level. It has multiple effects on supplementing the number of rural teachers and improving the quality of education and teaching; on other educational resources entering the rural areas; on rural revitalization, targeted poverty alleviation through education, and employment of college students. However, there are also problems, such as lack of coordination and insufficient policy coherence, leading to teacher assistance conflict and difficulty in sending out excellent teachers. It is proposed to strengthen top-level design, open up the boundaries of public welfare organization assistance and government assistance, dilute intra-region assistance, establish a nationwide network of teaching volunteers, and make flexible use of retirement policies, so as to attract mature and key teachers to participate.